The greying of the global population and its macroeconomic consequences

Twenty-First Century Society

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Bloom, David E ^a   Canning, David ^a   Fink, Gunther ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 78149256074     PISSN: 17450144     EISSN: 17450152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450144.2010.480826     Document Type: Article

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